This artifact is a list of hands-on lab activities I use in Scientific Thinking 1.
This artifact supports the indicator Curriculum and Discipline Design (2) designs and implements courses framed by the school’s pedagogical tenants – inquiry, experience, and integration.
Trimester 1
Measuring Activities
Salt Procedure
Which Unknown Liquid Is Water?
Capillary Tube Investigation
Boiling Point of Water
Boiling Point of Alcohol
Separating Alcohol and Water
Mystery Fluids
Density Cubes Investigation
Alka-Seltzer Lab
Bath Bombs Chemical Reactions
Trimester 2
Properties of Materials
Properties of Plastics
Creating New Materials
Modeling Polymers and Polymer Parts
Identifying Unknown Plastics (Quiz)
Trimester 3
Driving a Nail (Lab Report)
Ice Melting Contest
Ice Preserving Contest
Smashing Spheres
Mixing Hot & Cool Water
Quantifying Energy
Calorimetry
Rube Goldberg Project